Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec - May 19, 2026


RINO TEARS ARE FLOWING; Trump Endorses Ken Paxton


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00:00:34.340 This is what happens when the fourth turning meets fifth generation warfare.
00:00:43.460 A commentator, international social media sensation, and former Navy intelligence veteran.
00:00:50.140 This is Human Events with your host, Jack Posobiec.
00:00:53.140 Christ is king.
00:00:54.760 President Trump is officially endorsing Ken Paxton in Texas's race for U.S. Senate.
00:01:01.180 In a lengthy statement posted online, Trump called Paxton an America first patriot
00:01:06.140 and a true MAGA warrior, while criticizing current Texas Senator John Cornyn for not
00:01:12.420 supporting him earlier. You've been going around asking people just if they can name
00:01:16.820 one accomplishment from Senator Cornyn. Have you found anyone who's able to do so?
00:01:21.640 No. So I started April the 8th. I announced my candidacy April date last year. So a year and
00:01:27.120 like two months ago. And every meeting, whether it's one person or it's thousands, I've asked
00:01:32.760 every single time, can you name one good accomplishment? John Corn has been in the
00:01:37.880 Senate for 24 years. He's been in office since the 84 when I was in college. I'm now 63. He's
00:01:44.440 been in office for 42 years. And I give him the whole 42 years. As I said, can you name one good
00:01:49.420 accomplishment in 42 years. No one's ever delivered an answer. Not one answer. You look at a state
00:01:54.540 breaking news. Even to me, there is a new invasive species that has just been categorized and
00:02:02.240 classified here in Texas by the Trump administration. And yes, ladies and
00:02:07.180 gentlemen, that invasive species is the Texas rhino and the Texas rhino. Guess what? It's just
00:02:14.960 It's been declared open season on the Texas Rhino.
00:02:28.280 Because they're an invasive species and they shouldn't be here.
00:02:31.980 There's too many people that shouldn't be here.
00:02:34.240 And we are going to work together with the open season.
00:02:37.260 We're going to work with Beau.
00:02:38.320 We're going to work with everyone here because the Texas Rhino has got to go.
00:02:42.200 I'm sorry.
00:02:43.200 Texas rhino has got to go.
00:02:45.120 No more of this nonsense where people just walk up and say, oh, I'm a Republican.
00:02:51.900 Look at me.
00:02:52.900 I've got my cowboy hat.
00:02:53.900 I've got my six-shooter.
00:02:54.960 And then they go up to Austin and they vote with the Democrats.
00:02:58.060 They vote with corporate America.
00:02:59.660 They push liberal values.
00:03:01.080 I'm sick of it.
00:03:02.320 We're sick of it.
00:03:03.320 And it's all going to stop because we're going on a rhino hunt, ladies and gentlemen.
00:03:09.240 well ladies and gentlemen welcome aboard today's event human events daily today is may 19th 2026
00:03:19.320 anno domini the texas rhino is an invasive species and as you saw in that clip from last year when i
00:03:29.580 went down to texas and declared open season on texas rhino what can i say folks i'm a man of my
00:03:37.160 word. Attorney General Ken Paxton, because of the work of the MAGA movement, the grassroots
00:03:45.460 of this country, the grassroots of the great state of Texas that fought with him toe to toe,
00:03:53.840 brought him toe to toe with John Corner up against a hundred million dollars.
00:03:59.820 And they couldn't stop Action Paxton. They couldn't stop MAGA. They couldn't stop the
00:04:06.040 people of this movement. They couldn't stop the truth from coming out. And for the little guy
00:04:13.440 and the little gal down there in Texas fighting back, saying no to the swamp rats of Washington,
00:04:22.420 D.C. and John Cornyn. President Trump has just endorsed Attorney General Paxton against sitting
00:04:29.640 United States Senator John Cornyn. Early voting starts today in Texas. Election day is next
00:04:40.780 Tuesday. And folks, what can I say? What can I say? Early voting has started, I should say,
00:04:47.060 in Texas. This is a victory, a massive victory for MAGA, for the grassroots against the
00:04:52.940 establishment. And it's a rebuke, a rebuke of the Washington, D.C. insiders, a rebuke of the
00:04:59.380 Uniparty and a rebuke of Senate GOP leadership. And I got to say, folks, I got to say right now,
00:05:07.480 John Thune may not be long for the Senate majority position after the events of today.
00:05:15.120 Rich Barris joins us next to talk about this stunning, absolutely stunning turnaround in the
00:05:22.680 texas senate race rich jack i'm having a hard time concealing my happiness i mean look i gotta put
00:05:32.560 on my pollster hat when i go on these shows but let me just put on my rich barris hat for a second
00:05:36.940 i know ken you know ken the president knows ken paxton there is nobody in this country rich you
00:05:44.100 and i you and i did events with ken yes events with ken and we've seen what they did to this man
00:05:50.560 because of his stalwart support of Donald Trump, this is arguably, this man arguably is somebody,
00:05:56.720 there's nobody else who deserves Donald Trump's endorsement more than Ken Paxton. You can make
00:06:01.840 that argument intellectually. He has done so much in the first administration. How many immigration
00:06:07.940 policies would have been reversed if Ken Paxton wasn't just active, he was proactive and going
00:06:13.940 after the right courts to make sure that the challenges didn't end up in Hawaii and in the,
00:06:19.620 At that time, it was the Ninth Circus Court of Appeals.
00:06:23.500 I mean, that alone.
00:06:24.840 And then what they put him through with impeachment, you know, these sham investigations, his own party, which is filled with what you said before in Tarrant County, the Texas rhino.
00:06:34.480 By the way, his support of Tarrant County and his friends in Tarrant County, that is the most important Republican county, which has been going back and forth now, in the state of Texas, if you want to keep Texas red.
00:06:46.420 And then to put the pollster hat on, we've polled this race.
00:06:49.960 We know if Ken Paxton is not the nominee, we will undoubtedly suffer with turnout depression in November.
00:06:58.820 Republican MAGA, especially these people we all know are a little bit wobbly right now.
00:07:05.500 They need these guys like Ken Paxton.
00:07:07.640 Otherwise, you put a corn in on the ticket and they will stay home.
00:07:10.580 So this is a, guys, we really cannot understate how this is a MAGA, a real MAGA win today.
00:07:17.400 Wait, wait, Rich, Rich, Rich, I just got to, I got to read this to you.
00:07:21.060 Andrew, Andrew Deserio, he's got this, this tweet up.
00:07:25.720 Senate Republicans are livid with Trump.
00:07:28.660 Just now, Senator Rick Wicker remained stoned face for about 20 seconds as he walked into lunch and we asked him for his reaction.
00:07:37.200 said senate murkowski is crying she's melting down she's melting down up there in a senate lunch
00:07:46.460 right now oh it's perfect the rhino tears if people talk about the liberal tears no i want
00:07:54.300 to drink a nice glass of rhino tears they're the real enemy they have always been the real enemy
00:08:00.740 liberals you know what they are you know what they're capable of you know what to expect from
00:08:04.620 them that is you know the the it's the face of it but the real enemy that opposes donald trump
00:08:11.140 that opposes america first that opposes maga has always been in the united states senate has always
00:08:16.300 been in leadership in the united states senate they are always the one who sticks the knife in
00:08:21.020 your back who did it with repeal and replace who who killed a seven year campaign promise
00:08:27.140 that cost us the house of representatives it was john mccain his friend listen nobody this is it
00:08:34.140 was why i'm so happy in 2002 this man was elected jack in the he was in part of the first rhino wave
00:08:41.180 in the post 9-11 era when republicans did incredibly well in the midterms after 9-11
00:08:46.240 before the war got unpopular he's the embodiment of a rhino never-ending war amnesty neocon and
00:08:54.420 ken paxton is everything that maga is this he had to go and honestly here's i'm laughing here's what
00:09:01.140 I got to ask, though, and two minutes to the break, Rich, do you agree with my assessment that this is a direct rebuke of Senate leadership and potentially of John Thune directly and that President Trump may even be willing to entertain a challenger for Senate majority leader after this?
00:09:21.360 Better late than never.
00:09:22.260 I do agree.
00:09:22.900 And I'd say better late than never.
00:09:24.180 In the beginning, I'll be honest with you, Jack, I did not want him to back John Thune as the Senate majority leader.
00:09:28.980 I wanted Rick Scott.
00:09:29.880 And I figured we'd end up in positions just like this, which is look at how much money was spent to keep a guy.
00:09:36.640 You know, you heard Ken in the clip you ran before, 24 years in the United States Senate.
00:09:42.020 You can't find a single thing from the people out of the voters' mouths themselves interviewing them.
00:09:47.500 What is one thing John Cornyn has done for you?
00:09:49.900 And here's the dirty little secret that people like you and I know, but the people at home don't.
00:09:54.220 John Cornyn only was running to be reelected so he could pay back his big donors with an amnesty bill, which they were going to then try to ram down Donald Trump's throat.
00:10:04.640 This is this is a this is the only way for MAGA that this this outcome is the only positive outcome for MAGA.
00:10:12.840 I do. And I think, you know what, Wicker, Steve, you can cry all you want.
00:10:16.620 You can be stone faced all you want. Lisa, you could cry all you want.
00:10:19.740 You guys better. Donald Trump is Donald Trump.
00:10:22.960 he didn't have to play ball with you that's the truth here jack he didn't have to play ball with
00:10:27.920 that he could have made them well you know have to walk on eggshells and walk on pins and needles
00:10:32.580 this whole time he offered them the save act ken paxton offered them the save out he said i will
00:10:37.900 drop out if you he called them he called their bluff he called their bluff and he said you pass
00:10:43.160 the save act i'll drop out right now and that is what threw the monkey wrench into all of this
00:10:49.740 because that got the president's attention and the president was we all know he was looking to
00:10:54.800 endorse cornyn right it was almost there it was a brilliant move a brilliant move by paxton and
00:11:01.620 it just shows the level of authenticity that that man has and willing to actually have his own
00:11:09.300 integrity on light remember that never forget that ken paxton offered to drop out if the senate
00:11:15.900 leadership would pass the SAVE Act, and they refused. So guys, if you're looking for someone
00:11:21.020 to be upset at, look in the mirror. Right back. I call this the Jack Posobiec Appreciation Hour.
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00:11:31.440 if it wasn't for Jack Posobiec. And that is, I'll be honest.
00:11:40.260 All right, folks, Jack Posobiec back live, Human Events Daily, Real America's Voice.
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00:13:09.020 We're going to bring Rich Barris back in right here.
00:13:11.440 So, Rich, we got breaking news out of the Kentucky race.
00:13:15.400 And I don't want to make this all about Texas because we do actually have an election going on right now.
00:13:20.920 Huge, closely watched, high profile, as high profile as these things could get.
00:13:25.480 Typically not.
00:13:26.500 Typically they don't get this high profile, by the way, in a congressional primary.
00:13:30.820 But this is the Massey-Galrain race down there.
00:13:34.520 I believe it's Kentucky 4.
00:13:35.480 And Selena Zito, great reporter, is up with a report saying that the Massey campaign is sending out mass texts with a 2022 Trump statement that kind of makes it look like the president is supporting Massey today when it's actually an endorsement from four years ago.
00:13:55.160 And at the very end, it says paid for by the Massey for Congress campaign.
00:13:59.380 And, Rich, you and I well know that when when the shenanigans come out like that, that's when, you know, it's a nail biter.
00:14:05.720 That's when, you know, it really is one of those.
00:14:08.480 We're we're down to counting, you know, the brass tacks here.
00:14:11.700 We're counting, you know, the peanut chips on the floor to make sure whatever we can do to get that last vote out.
00:14:18.360 I know that you've been calling this a 50 50 race.
00:14:21.040 What are your what are your thoughts going into this big Kentucky barn burner?
00:14:26.000 I really, look, Kentucky 4 is a very, I can't be using this word because it's right, but
00:14:30.260 it's a very contrarian district.
00:14:32.000 It is known to be difficult to poll.
00:14:34.580 People don't really like it.
00:14:36.040 They don't like to get into this area of the country pretty much at all, but especially
00:14:39.920 in district races.
00:14:41.780 I mean, we can go into what the internal showed in both campaigns for a while.
00:14:46.040 We've been polling it since April.
00:14:47.720 We did have Massey up.
00:14:49.340 The race moved in Galrin's direction.
00:14:51.160 It got tighter.
00:14:52.100 There's just no doubt.
00:14:53.000 and we ended jack just so people understand it really is all about turnout we ended with looking
00:14:59.300 at people who have like three out of four primary vote history we ended with this race being tied
00:15:04.980 basically to the interview in other words for almost we we had a three-day average on big data
00:15:10.700 poll people can go check it out massey in april at a four-point lead and you could see that lead
00:15:15.800 slowly slowly tighten and chip away galrin leads by about four and a half points with those who
00:15:21.380 We're the most certain to vote, all right?
00:15:23.480 So if Massey cannot get people out,
00:15:26.840 and I think he probably has a lead in the election day vote.
00:15:29.520 Trumpy vote is election.
00:15:30.780 I mean, he has a lead in early vote.
00:15:32.360 Trumpy vote is an election day vote.
00:15:34.220 But still, Trump's campaign,
00:15:36.520 the people, you know, run the consultants for Galvin,
00:15:39.900 they know how to expand the electorate with like 62 plus.
00:15:43.760 That's what they've been trying to do.
00:15:45.580 And they've been just hammering these voters for days
00:15:47.680 with Trump's true social posts.
00:15:49.080 so Masty's campaign has got to pull stuff out like this because it is it's like that Jack I'm
00:15:54.620 telling you it's been close in a way that we haven't pulled a race this interesting in a long
00:15:59.920 time let me just put it that way typically you can get a very clear idea you know I mean I don't
00:16:05.180 know where a lot of these polling misses in recent memory have come from other than pollsters playing
00:16:09.640 games but most of the races we've been polling over the years have been kind of easy to poll
00:16:14.020 COVID presented some challenges.
00:16:17.040 This has been a difficult, tight race to pull for like two weeks straight.
00:16:22.980 And when I tell you every night we do a rolling average
00:16:26.400 and we drop off the previous 24 hours from out of that time span, the duration,
00:16:31.780 it ends with like 298 interviews for Galrin, 298 interviews for Massey,
00:16:37.980 297 for Massey, 299 for Galrin, 299 for Massey, 297 for Galrin.
00:16:43.580 So, so rich, so it's the idea then, you know, is that it really, I know it's cliche, but
00:16:48.980 it, you know, it just comes down to which machine has the ability to turn their voters
00:16:54.580 out both in the early voting and then now on election day itself, which one is able
00:16:59.640 to go for those, those higher voters.
00:17:02.280 And the way that I would read this is that it looks like the, the, the Gowron voters
00:17:08.520 are going to be your more high prop voters, but again, not necessarily.
00:17:12.800 just going to have a slight edge there. But then Massey's edge and his advantage is going to be
00:17:17.820 with low prop voters. That's right. Massey has a broader base of support. He has more support
00:17:23.100 across more groups, more demographics by age and by area and region of the district. However,
00:17:30.120 Galrin has the most likely, the most reliable vote. So just to give people an idea,
00:17:34.800 And Gahlred leads with boomers, you know, anywhere between like 60 to 60, 40 to 65, 35.
00:17:41.680 And then Massey leads with everybody else.
00:17:43.960 And Massey has a huge margin with millennials, but we only had them like 13 percent of the electorate.
00:17:49.400 It is a primary after all.
00:17:51.000 So if it was that one thing I would say is this, folks, if you look back at the voting history of Kentucky for it, isn't like a Florida Republican primary.
00:18:00.560 There is a percentage of young voters who do show up in Kentucky 4.
00:18:05.020 They're more libertarian-leaning, and that's why he's a tough guy to beat.
00:18:09.300 However, it's a cliche, like you said, but it really is all about turnout.
00:18:14.440 In the broader primary, three out of four electorate, this race looked dead even to us.
00:18:19.020 But if one side can get their vote out more than the other,
00:18:21.880 and I was talking to you about this the other day,
00:18:24.180 there are scenarios where either of these candidates can actually win kind of easily
00:18:28.400 because a few hundred votes moves a district margin like this quite a bit.
00:18:33.400 So if Massey does do better with that ground game,
00:18:36.040 by the way, we asked, 42% of primary voters told us
00:18:39.840 that they had been knocked by groups supporting Thomas Massey on the door.
00:18:43.440 We've spoken and talked face-to-face with people who support Thomas Massey.
00:18:47.540 That was only about 19%, most of the time it was 17% for Ed Galrin,
00:18:52.140 but Ed Galrin has basically texted every voter 62 and over more than one time.
00:18:57.700 all right so it's really so what we're looking at here is it's it's it's sort of an air campaign
00:19:03.480 versus a ground campaign oh that's without in addition to that tactically and and of course
00:19:08.100 you know sitting congressman is going to have a strong machine in his own district that's you
00:19:12.440 know that's just obvious um but then of course and i was on uh uh another another program got
00:19:17.660 asked about this uh this weekend and i said look you know this is the you know kind of the
00:19:21.880 unstoppable force force versus the immovable object kind of situation right you've got a
00:19:26.220 sitting congressman you've got the sitting senator of that state campaigning for the congressman
00:19:31.180 obviously also high profile senator rand paul but then of course you've got the sitting president
00:19:35.760 united states who's against him so it's you know it was also incredibly popular and and who's just
00:19:40.940 made huge plays in texas and louisiana as well as well as indiana um where you saw the huge
00:19:47.640 anti-incumbent wave and do you think rich just in the last minute um do you think the anti-incumbent
00:19:52.700 wave could potentially affect massey at all or is that not really where his support is no no i that's
00:19:58.700 not what's at play here it really i mean because he's seen his anti-establishment anyway that's
00:20:03.360 right he is and honestly i mean guys one thing he has going for him is that the i mean the epstein
00:20:08.760 transparency act was the most popular bill passed in the last two years that we've polled it's just
00:20:13.780 that there's an enormous amount of money um painting him as disloyal and that's the tactic
00:20:19.660 the Galrin campaign took. It's not, it's disloyal to MAGA, disloyal to Trump. And the idea is to
00:20:26.180 drive that turnout with 62 plus because they're reliable. They're not really trying to win over
00:20:30.700 the district. They're trying to win over the primary vote that they want to create. I think
00:20:36.140 there's a huge backlash that that could cause, but that's another day, another segment. But I don't
00:20:40.680 think this is anti-incumbent. They chose to label him as disloyal and they put $25 million behind
00:20:46.660 it it's an ungodly amount per capita guys it's more money that was spent against donald trump
00:20:51.700 in 10 years uh in his entire political career per capita no we will we will certainly see i'm going
00:20:57.780 to be i'm going to be watching that one tonight as i'm sure we all are rich barris can people follow
00:21:01.460 you a big data poll go check out that tracking poll but on uh the gram and on x at people's
00:21:07.700 underscore comes in on the gram folks he comes in very very hot on the gram ladies and gentlemen
00:21:12.340 As always, you have my permission to lay ashore.